Illustration: At a pottery class in a Japanese community studio, a beginner lifts a newly made cup from the wheel with delighted disbelief. Along the nearby work board, earlier attempts progress from a collapsed lump through a lopsided vessel to increasingly even cups.

JLPT N2suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

向こう上じょう

koujou

to improve

Example sentences

  1. 彼かれの英語力えいごりょくは著いちじるしく向上こうじょうした。

    He has made remarkable progress in English.

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  2. 読書どくしょは知性ちせいを向上こうじょうさせる。

    Reading improves the mind.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 生活水準せいかつすいじゅんの向上こうじょうが急務きゅうむである。

    There is an urgent need for improved living conditions.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 向上

  • 向face; tend towardOnコウKunむく・むい・むける
  • 上above; upOnジョウ・ショウ・シャンKunうえ・うわ-・かみ

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